[routing-wg] Open-sourcing of the RIPE NCC???s RPKI core software

Hi,

On Thu, Feb 10, 2022 at 06:35:35PM +0100, Shane Kerr wrote:
> I'm a little disappointed that you didn't choose a copyleft style 
> license, like with the RIPE Atlas Software Probe, which uses GPLv3. That 
> would help ensure that the work of the RIPE NCC employees is not used by 
> a proprietary product or service by a company unwilling or unable to 
> share their changes. Probably in the presentation at RIPE 84 there will 
> be a bit of explanation about the choice of using a license so easy to 
> convert back to closed source. ????

Just to express a contrapoint - I'm happy that it's not GPLv3, as that
license is really intent on getting in the way of getting stuff done.

So if someone wants to set up a high-quality RPKI registry with that code
base, why shouldn't they?  It's not like the NCC is a poor enthusisist
that will lose the fruit of years of work to evil companies - and the 
market for "we will turn this into a highly successful product, stealing
all the NCC's work" is not exactly large either.

So, MIT is fine with me, and if someone wants to build a commercial
RPKI product based on quality source, even better.


(I've dealt with MIT and GPLv3 source in the past, and contributed to
projects under various licenses, and the only ones that always create
friction is the GPL camp.  Like "no, you cannot link your GPLv3 program 
with a library that is Apache licensed")

Gert Doering
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